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Olympic athletes deserve a performance fee - $100,000 sounds about right

By Damon Cronshaw
July 23 2021 - 10:00am
The Games: The Tokyo Olympics start on Friday, with about 11,000 athletes to compete. Should they be paid a performance fee?
The Games: The Tokyo Olympics start on Friday, with about 11,000 athletes to compete. Should they be paid a performance fee?

With the Olympics set to start on Friday, we've been thinking about recent comments by prominent American podcaster Joe Rogan. He believes Olympic athletes should be paid.

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